COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
World | November 01, 2021 17:11 ISTTogether, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil — all upper-middle- or high-income countries — account for one-eighth of the world's population but nearly half of all reported deaths. The U.S. alone has recorded over 740,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.